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Ed Felten's analysis of the Grokster ruling
Ed Felten has posted an "instant
analysis" of the Grokster ruling. "Unless this decision is
overturned quickly on appeal, the P2P policy battle will now move to
Washington. Having lost in the Courts, the content industry will take the
judge's hint and lobby Congress to pass legislation changing the rules. My
prediction is that we'll see a bill circulated that creates an affirmative
responsiblity to design products that make infringement as difficult as
possible."
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Ed Felten's analysis of the Grokster ruling Posted Apr 29, 2003 0:30 UTC (Tue) by hazelsct (guest, #3659) [Link] Didn't the RIAA and/or MPAA make an agreement with the BSA recently that would affect this? As I recall, it went something like that the former would not push for CBDTPA-like laws, and the latter would stand with them in resisting expansions of fair use.It seems that any effort of the RIAA/MPAA to make Gnutella etc. illegal would run afoul this agreement. It was, as I understood it, a handshake agreement, but anulling it would nonetheless cost the RIAA/MPAA a formidable ally. [Sorry, no time just now to find the URL about this agreement.]
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